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It seems like Chinese DRAM and NAND makers are looking to take over in the near future (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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[–] 10 points 2 months ago (8 children)

China coming to save the PC gaming market

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    i dunno. i just worked on one of their 'gaming' rigs. weird chinese-branded everything. 3 months old, won't stay running. crashes constantly. re-installs don't help. it's trash. the vendor has all but disappeared. still has their storefront but they don't answer, and amazon won't help either.

    even though i swapped out the atrocious no-name motherboard so now it's at least usable, i expect to see it again with a failed psu, gpu, or ram.

    they might make it on availability or price, but longevity or reliability they have a lot of work to do.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    There is a difference between the cheap Chinese crap and the stuff they're actually trying to be competent with. Chinese made quality products are taking over markets. For example they're making a huge splash in the motorcycle industry with CFMOTO.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    There are reliable and crap Chinese brands. This is not really relevant in this conversation. (plus manufacturing defects can go unnoticed with any brand) It's merely a data point of one.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    So you're saying they just need to scoot back their planned obsolescence a bit to align with western stuff.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago

    I'm running a 10 year old 'western stuff' PC and I don't run into any issues.

    Planned obsolescence exists in single-manufacturer products (smartphones, white-goods), even moreso in vertically-integrated businesses (Apple, Samsung).

    It doesn't work at all in the PC industry where component suppliers compete for market dominance, because if their company puts out a shitty product that fails more rapidly than a competitor, they lose sales and brand reputation in a crowded market.

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